06 August 2018 Current Affairs

Anvar Sadath first Indian to win the International Contributions award
K.Anvar Sadath is the first Indian to receive the International Contributions Award given by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), USA.

Virat Kohli completes 7000 runs as captain
Virat Kohli became the fastest captain to reach 7000 international runs. Brian Lara was the fastest among the previous 14 players who scored 7000 International runs as captain.

Gita Mittal is appointed as new CJ of J&K HC
Chief Justice Gita Mittal has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court (HC). She is the acting Chief Justice of Delhi HC. She is the first woman Chief Justice of J&K HC.

GST Council sets up committee to look at MSME grievances
To address the issues, challenges and concerns of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), the apex decision making body of GST Council has decided to create a sub-committee headed by MoS Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla to look into various issues and submit a report.

Japan overtakes China to become world’s second-largest stock market
According to Bloomberg’s data Japan is now the world’s second-largest stock market. It has overthrown China as its total equity is $6.17 trillion and that of China’s is $6.09 trillion.

Delhi replaces Gujarat to top ‘most investor-friendly’ destination list
Delhi has toppled Gujarat from the top spot in a list of 21 states and union territories with the most investment potential, according to a report by economic think-tank NCAER.